Family and Education
bap. 2 Dec. 1618, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Bayntun* and his 1st w. Elizabeth (bur. 30 Mar. 1635), da. of Sir Henry Maynard† of Easton, Essex;Bromham par. reg.; Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 8. bro. of Henry Bayntun I†, half-bro. of Nicholas Bayntun†. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 15 Jan. 1636;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 28 Apr. 1638.LI Admiss. i. 235. m. 30 May 1661, Stuarta (bap. 21 July 1643), da. of Sir Thomas Thynne† of Richmond, Surr.; 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.).St Bride’s, Fleet Street, par. reg.; HP Commons 1660-1690; The Baptismal, Marriage and Burial Regs. of the Cathedral…Durham, 1609-1896 (Harl. Soc. reg. ser. xxiii); Wilts. RO, 518/3; Bremhill par. reg. suc. fa. 8 Dec. 1657.MIs Wilts. 1822, 231; Wilts. RO, 518/3. KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165. d. 1679 or 2 Sept. 1679.Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, p. xiii; MIs Wilts. 1822, 231; Wilts. RO, 518/3.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Devizes 13 Dec. 1639; cllr. bef. 18 June 1641.Wilts. RO, G20/1/17.

Military: ?capt. royal army, Aug. 1640.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1241; CJ ii. 619b. Capt. of horse (parlian.), 1642.Peacock, Army Lists, 55.

Local: member, Wilts. co. cttee. ?Aug. 1642.Waylen, ‘Falstone Day Book’, 343–91. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 22 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;A. and O. Hants and southern cos. 21 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 635a. militia, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p., by 4 Oct 1659–d.Eg. 2557; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C220/9/4; C193/12/3; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690. Col. militia ft. Apr. 1660–?aft. 1677.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 242 (E.183.3); Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, 36. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 9, 636. poll tax, Wilts. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 1664–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644;A. and O. to Scots army, 12 July 1645.LJ vii. 495a. Member, cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

: of Bromham and later of Spye Park, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BAYNTUN, Edward (1618-79), of Bromham, and later of Spye Park, Wilts.

Will
25 Jan. 1671 and 8 Sept. 1678, pr. 6 Nov. 1679.PROB11/361/323.
Estates
from 1657, Wilts. manors of Bromham, Bremhill, Chittoe, Clench, Rowden, Stanley; land in Calne, Chippenham, Bishops Cannings;VCH Wilts. vii. 179-86, 191, 195; ix. 57; xii. 91, 93, 101; xvi. 172; xvii. 77, 179; Wilts. Farming in the Seventeenth Century ed. J. Bettey (Wilts. Rec. Soc. lvii), pp. xxiv-xxv, 136; Recs. Chippenham. fifth part of lands in Northants. and Yorks. from maternal great-grandmother Elizabeth Neville; advowson of Bromham.Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, 10-11. Lands worth c.£1,800 p.a.Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, 41-53.
Oxford 1644
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